US Open

PGA Golf

June 18-21, 2015

The Rules
1. Everyone will pick 5 golfers.

2. We may have a maximum of 2 golfers from the top 10 of world rankings as of June 8, 2015 in our fivesomes. The current top 10 is:

-Rory McIlroy (NIR)
-Jordan Spieth (USA)
-Jim Furyk (USA)
-Bubba Watson (USA)
-Henrik Stenson (SWE)
-Justin Rose (ENG)
-Dustin Johnson (USA)
-Rickie Fowler (USA)
-Sergio Garcia (ESP)
-Jason Day (AUS)

Retrieved from: http://www.owgr.com/ranking

3. The lowest 4 total scores from each tipper’s fivesome will be added together to make the final score, and the lowest total score wins.

4. If one of your golfers fails to make the cut, his score from the first two rounds will be doubled to account for his final two rounds.
-A golfer must finish the first two rounds in order for his score to be counted towards the total

Tiebreaker
The lowest score from each tipper’s fifth golfer will serve as the tiebreaker. Should that be the same, it will go to the fourth-highest score and so on.

Sign in with your teams below, and good luck!

The final list of participants can be found at:
http://www.usopen.com/en_US/players/index.html

Deadline: Midnight Wednesday June 17 FT time with a grace period of a few hours

Jordan Spieth
Rickie Fowler
Darren Clarke
Ernie Els
JB Holmes

Jordan Spieth
Justin Rose
Paul Casey
Martin Kaymer
Graeme McDowell

Phil Mickelson
Hideki Matsuyama
Ryan Moore
Henrik Stenson
Rory McIlroy

-Rory McIlroy (NIR)
-Jordan Spieth (USA)
-Jim Furyk (USA)
-Bubba Watson (USA)
-Henrik Stenson (SWE)
-Justin Rose (ENG)
-Dustin Johnson (USA)
-Rickie Fowler (USA)
-Sergio Garcia (ESP)
-Jason Day (AUS)

Phil Mickelson
Brandt Snedeker
Jimmy Walker

Rory McIlroy
Jordan Spieth
Brandt Snedeker
Patrick Reed
Billy Horschel

Jordan Spieth
Bubba Watson
Hideki Matsuyama
Phil Mickelson
Webb Simpson

Mcilroy, R
Spieth, J
Mickelson, P
Walker, J
Matsuyama, H

Jordan Speith
Jim Furyk
Ryan Moore
Hideki Matsuyama
Jimmy Walker

Justin Rose (ENG)
Dustin Johnson (USA)
Phil Mickelson (USA)
Hideki Matsuyama (JPN)
Kevin Kisner (USA)

McIlroy
Speith
Mickelson
Kirk
Koepka

Rory McIlroy
Jim Furyk
Adam Scott
Hideki Matsuyama
Lee Westwood

US Open

PGA Golf

June 18-21, 2015

12 players lodged tips: Tournament Scorecards (in brief): Golfer Name Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Total Score Jordan Spieth 68 67 71 69 275 Louis Oosthuizen 77 66 66 67 276 Adam Scott 70 71 72 64 277 Cameron Smith 70 70 69 68 277 Branden Grace 69 67 70 71 277 Charl Schwartzel 73 70 69 66 278 Brandt Snedeker 69 72 70 68 279 Rory McIlroy 72 72 70 66 280 Shane Lowry 69 70 70 71 280 Jason Day 68 70 68 74 280 Matt Kuchar 67 73 72 69 281 Hideki Matsuyama 70 71 72 70 283 Henrik Stenson 65 74 72 74 285 Phil Mickelson 69 74 77 73 293

Tipping Comp Standings position points -- ------- # Total -- ------- 1 gtho4 1115 2 Dizart 1116 3 Sypher 1126 4 ozzz2002 1127 5 paper_aero 1130 6 N-Bomb 1131 7 George95 1137 8 PaulE 1138 9 illiniman14 1139 10 Howie72 1141 10 srini701 1141 12 wwe84 1159

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Four years into the revitalized golf comps, and we have our first Grand Slam candidate. gtho4 wins the US Open this year after taking home the Masters in 2013 and the PGA Championship last year. He has a chance to complete the Slam next month in the Open Championship. gtho4 won in a tight finish over Dizart by 1 stroke. His unique Jason Day pick, who battled through vertigo during the 3rd round after collapsing on the final hole the 2nd day, and Adam Scott, pulled him to victory. Meanwhile, two late Rory McIlroy bogeys sealed Dizart’s fate. The fight for 3rd was equally as close, but Jordan Spieth’s birdie on the final hole was enough to give Sypher the bronze over ozzz2002. ozzz was one of the three tippers to not choose the Masters (and now US Open) champion. As was just mentioned, Jordan Spieth put together solid performances and fended off a furious rally by Louis Oosthuizen in order to win his second major of the year. Oosthuizen birdied 6 of the final 7 holes to hit -4 and tie Spieth at the top. Dustin Johnson would birdie #17 shortly thereafter, making a 3-way tie at the top. However, Spieth was too much. Despite double-bogeying #17 to bring him back to -4, he composed himself to birdie #18 and take the lead alone. Johnson followed in the final group, and found himself 18 feet away for eagle and the championship. He rolled it four feet by, and the return put just missed left, leaving him at -4. The course itself faced plenty of criticism, with many outspoken critics of the conditions, notably the greens (see Ian Poulter and Billy Horschel). Henrik Stenson compared them to broccoli, while Rory McIlroy disagreed, noting the color was more like cauliflower. For a perfect example, Google “Darren Clarke putt.” Oosthuizen went unpicked this time around, despite his 2nd-place finish. Less-known names like Cameron Smith, Branden Grace, and Shane Lowry also went unpicked, as well as Charl Schwartzel; meaning that half of the top 10 was not picked for this comp. On the bright side, none of us picked Tiger Woods, who found himself 3rd to last after the first day and finished 6th to last before being cut. The Open Championship will be held at St. Andrews on July 16-19.

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Scoring:

Damn...I will never get the hang of this sport

Congrats to the podium finishers.... I will target a podium finish by 2020!